Club Vita is pleased to announce that Mike Taylor, Chief Executive of the London Pensions Fund Authority, is joining the Supervisory Board of Club Vita.

Club Vita – a new community for trustees of occupational pension schemes with more than 1,000 pensions in payment – conducts ground-breaking research into pensioner longevity.  The Club, which will be launched formally on 12 November 2008, provides members with scheme-specific longevity analysis based on their unique member make-up.  Its membership services give trustees genuinely unique insight on managing the financial uncertainties relating to longevity.

Mike Taylor joins the Club Vita board as a non-executive director.  As Chief Executive of the LPFA, he is responsible for leading the largest local government scheme provider in London.  The LPFA provides fully comprehensive pension administration services to 200,000 members.

Nick Flint, Chief Executive of Club Vita, said:  “We are delighted that Mike has agreed to join us in this exciting venture.  Mike brings a wealth of knowledge of public sector pensions.  The LPFA is widely recognised as one of the country’s leading voices on pensions, and it has won a total of 19 national industry awards since 1994 for the quality of its work.“

Hymans Robertson Partner Douglas Anderson, added:  “The Club Vita Board contains some of the UK’s leading experts on pensions and longevity.  Mike’s unrivalled expertise in local government pensions will complement the skills of our private sector specialists.  I look forward to working with Mike in developing Club Vita’s services.”